Colleagues Daniel Schuman and Lisa Rosenberg and I just returned from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where a meeting was... View Article
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You know all those people who say that you’re more likely to be killed on the highway than in an... View Article
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The US Senate has finally reversed its longstanding policy of restricting public access to raw data about how Senators vote,... View Article
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One way that transparency can directly affect outcomes is when information is released in ways that preempt bad decisions. In... View Article
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Rural Electrification Administration photograph of a woman turning on a washing machine. The REA was a New Deal program and... View Article
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As President Obama launched the new WhiteHouse.gov back in January, many were concerned when a particular issue page, “Ethics,” went... View Article
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“I’m proud to introduce a new series of research projects from the Sunlight Foundation spring semester interns. This post is... View Article
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Over the weekend, GovFresh launched, a live feed of official news from U.S. Government via Twitter, YouTube, RSS, Facebook, Flickr... View Article
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Earlier, I wrote about a “Dear Colleague” letter circulating in the Senate written by Sen. Jim DeMint asking for roll... View Article
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